diff --git a/src/relay-manager.ts b/src/relay-manager.ts
index 64a82ad..f750206 100644
--- a/src/relay-manager.ts
+++ b/src/relay-manager.ts
@@ -342,6 +342,8 @@ export class RelayManager {
         break;
       case "Commit":
         console.log(`📨 Commit response from relay ${relayId}`);
+        // If we receive a commit response, that's basically an error
+        console.error(`❌ Commit response from relay ${relayId}:`, message.error);
         break;
       case "Cipher":
         console.log(`📨 Cipher response from relay ${relayId}`);
diff --git a/src/service.ts b/src/service.ts
index 4458b97..d97b232 100644
--- a/src/service.ts
+++ b/src/service.ts
@@ -608,7 +608,8 @@ export class Service {
       const result = wasm.create_update_message(process, stateId, this.membersList);  
       return result;
     } catch (error) {
-      throw new Error(`Failed to create update message: ${error}`);
+      const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error || 'Unknown error');
+      throw new Error(errorMessage);
     }
   }
 
@@ -625,7 +626,8 @@ export class Service {
       const result = wasm.validate_state(process, stateId, this.membersList);
       return result;
     } catch (error) {
-      throw new Error(`Failed to validate state: ${error}`);
+      const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error || 'Unknown error');
+      throw new Error(errorMessage);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/simple-server.ts b/src/simple-server.ts
index bb93fc1..ae512ef 100644
--- a/src/simple-server.ts
+++ b/src/simple-server.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { config } from './config';
 import { Service } from './service';
 import { ApiReturn, Process } from '../pkg/sdk_client';
 import { EMPTY32BYTES } from './utils';
-import { rust_zstd_wasm_shim_calloc } from '../pkg/sdk_client_bg.wasm';
 
 interface ServerMessageEvent {
   data: {
@@ -65,7 +64,8 @@ class SimpleProcessHandlers {
         res = await this.service.createPrdUpdate(processId, stateId);
         await this.service.handleApiReturn(res);
       } catch (e) {
-        throw new Error(e as string);
+        const errorMessage = e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e || 'Unknown error');
+        throw new Error(errorMessage);
       }
 
       return {
@@ -73,8 +73,10 @@ class SimpleProcessHandlers {
         messageId: event.data.messageId
       };
     } catch (e) {
-      const errorMsg = `Failed to notify update for process: ${e}`;
-      throw new Error(errorMsg);
+      const errorMessage = e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e || 'Unknown error');
+      // Remove redundant "Error:" prefix and simplify the message
+      const cleanMessage = errorMessage.replace(/^Error:\s*/, '');
+      throw new Error(cleanMessage);
     }
   }
 
@@ -100,7 +102,8 @@ class SimpleProcessHandlers {
         res = await this.service.approveChange(processId, stateId);
         await this.service.handleApiReturn(res);
       } catch (e) {
-        throw new Error(e as string);
+        const errorMessage = e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e || 'Unknown error');
+        throw new Error(errorMessage);
       }
 
       return {
@@ -109,8 +112,10 @@ class SimpleProcessHandlers {
         messageId: event.data.messageId
       };
     } catch (e) {
-      const errorMsg = `Failed to validate process: ${e}`;
-      throw new Error(errorMsg);
+      const errorMessage = e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e || 'Unknown error');
+      // Remove redundant "Error:" prefix and simplify the message
+      const cleanMessage = errorMessage.replace(/^Error:\s*/, '');
+      throw new Error(cleanMessage);
     }
   }
 
@@ -288,7 +293,8 @@ class SimpleProcessHandlers {
           throw new Error(`Unhandled message type: ${event.data.type}`);
       }
     } catch (error) {
-      return this.errorResponse(error as string, event.clientId, event.data.messageId);
+      const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error || 'Unknown error');
+      return this.errorResponse(errorMessage, event.clientId, event.data.messageId);
     }
   }
 }
@@ -372,7 +378,11 @@ export class Server {
         console.log('🔑 Already paired with id:', service.getPairingProcessId());
       }
 
-      // Relays are automatically initialized in Service constructor
+      // Get all processes from database
+      await service.getAllProcessesFromDb();
+
+      // Connect to relays
+      await service.connectToRelaysAndWaitForHandshake();
       
       console.log(`✅ Simple server running on port ${this.wss.options.port}`);
       console.log('📋 Supported operations: UPDATE_PROCESS, NOTIFY_UPDATE, VALIDATE_STATE');
@@ -412,9 +422,10 @@ export class Server {
           this.sendToClient(ws, response); 
         } catch (error) {
           console.error(`❌ Error handling message from ${clientId}:`, error);
+          const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error || 'Unknown error');
           this.sendToClient(ws, {
             type: MessageType.ERROR,
-            error: `Server error: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`,
+            error: `Server error: ${errorMessage}`,
             messageId: JSON.parse(data.toString())?.messageId
           });
         }